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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1993

OF

ONLY

76.5% IN 4 CASES

ROBBERIES OF

AS

14

THE QUARTER SAW A MARKED DECREASE

WITH SHOPS, JEWELLERY

RECORDED, GOLDSMITHS AND

ON THE LAST AGAINST 17 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND 8, DOWN 50%

DECREASED BY 51.7%. WITH BANK ROBBERIES ALSO QUARTER OF 1992.

IN CASES COMPARED WITH 29 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND DOWN 26.3%

THERE WERE 2 THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992 WHEN 19 CASES WERE REPORTED.

CORRESPONDING QUARTER WATCH SHOP ROBBERIES IN THIS QUARTER, 2 IN THE OF 1992 AND NIL IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

QUARTER OF

PROPERTY LOSSES VALUED AT THE VICTIMS OF ROBBERIES SUFFERED HK$70.9 MILLION COMPARED TO HK$118.7 MILLION IN THE FIRST 1992 AND HK$122.6 MILLION IN THE LAST QUARTER.

HOMICIDE

HOMICIDES REMAINED FAIRLY CONSTANT AT 20 COMPARED TO 17 THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 AND 21 IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

WOUNDING AND SERIOUS ASSAULT

THESE WERE NOTICEABLY DOWN WITH 260 CASES AS COMPARED DOWN 13.3%, IN THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR AND 298, DOWN 12.8%, LAST QUARTER.

INDECENT ASSAULT ON FEMALE AND RAPE

DURING

ΤΟ

TN

300,

THE

OF

EN THE FIRST QUARTER THERE WERE 20 RAPES COMPARED TO 23

FEMALES WERE 228 AS INDECENT ASSAULTS ON 1992 AND 30 IN THE LAST. AGAINST 212 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND 252 IN THE LAST QUARTER.

BLACKMAIL AND INTIMIDATION

DOWN 5.7%, IN THE BLACKMAIL CASES WERE 197 COMPARED TO 209,

THE IN

LAST QUARTER OF

DOWN 1992, FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND 238

CRIMINAL THERE WERE 138

INTIMIDATION CASES SIGNIFICANTLY BY 17.2%. REPORTED AS AGAINST 112, UP 17.9% IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1992 AND 145, DOWN 9% IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992.

BURGLARY

AGAINST COMPARED TO

3.477 BURGLARIES WERE REPORTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER AS 3,407, UP 2.1%, IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1992 AND DOWN 1.9% THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH 3,545 CASES REPORTED.

PROPERTY LOSSES

AMOUNTING

ΤΟ

VICTIMS OF BURGLARIES SUFFERED HK$119 MILLION AS AGAINST HK$81.1 MILLION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND HR$112 MILLION IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992.

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